Various Artists, The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (Earthworks, 1985). It shouldn’t surprise any newcomer that the mbaqanga artists on the most important world music release of all time sustain beauty, harmony, and earth-tearing bass lines across the collection’s 12 tracks, without exception. 233. Bright Eyes, Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Saddle Creek, 2002).

This list includes pop albums that came out between November 8, 2008 and today. Enjoy this visual tour of pop music, and its best covers, from the last five years. RELATED: The 50 Best Rap Album Covers of the Past Five Years RELATED: Green Label - 10 Coolest Hip-Hop Album Covers of All Time RELATED: Pigeons & Planes - Classic Album Covers Remade with Clip Art RELATED: Green Label - The Best Rock Album Cover Art of All Time.

Various Artists, ‘Black Panther: The Album’. We Say: The Black Panther soundtrack album has been nearly as feverishly anticipated as the film, and no wonder: It is helmed by another improbable straddler of cultural categories, Kendrick Lamar, A-list pop star and Black Lives Matter-era protest poet nonpareil. Camila is sleek pop that gets straight to the point, just 10 songs around the three-minute mark, eschewing celebrity guests or big-name producers. As on past efforts, it’s bassist Reid Anderson who takes the lead here, contributing half of the album’s eight pieces.

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality pop music albums. Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.

Album Various Artists. One Love, One Rhythm: The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album. Album Various Artists. UKF Summer Drum & Bass. Now That's What I Call Music! 68. Now That's What I Call Music! 37. Now That's What I Call Music! 65. UKF Drum & Bass 2012. Now That's What I Call Music! 80. Now That's What I Call Merry Christmas.